Stick pin

Cadet-Picard, Auguste-Germain

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Made by Auguste-Germain Cadet-Picard, who made and showed electrical pins invented by Trouvé at the Paris 1867 Exhibition. At this exhibition, jewels with moving parts powered by electricity attracted a lot of attention.

The jewel contains electric terminals so that, when connected to a battery concealed in the wearer's pocket, the eyes roll and the jaws snap.

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Details

Title: Stick pin
Creator: Cadet-Picard, Auguste-Germain
Date Created: 1867
Location: Paris
Physical Dimensions: Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 1.5 cm, Depth: 1.6 cm
Medium: Gold and enamel with diamond sparks

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